Kapwani Kiwanga
By Charlotte Stace
Kapwani Kiwanga’s Changing States brings one of contemporary art’s sharpest minds to Fundació Joan Miró for her first national retrospective. Winner of the 2025 Joan Miró Prize, the Canadian and French artist, who trained as an anthropologist, is known for installations that look formally elegant while quietly dismantling the power structures behind architecture, territory and the movement of materials.
The exhibition explores how spaces are shaped by materiality, economic exchange and systems of control. It mixes existing works with a significant number of new pieces made for this show, while widening Kiwanga’s usual interest in architecture towards geology and deeper, non-human timescales.
The programme includes conversations on colonial traces in ecosystems, dust, geology and ecological diaspora, including a dialogue between Kiwanga and geographer Kathryn Yusoff. The exhibition is in collaboration with TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.